Madhu's Corner :: Resume

Work Experience

I'm currently working at Yahoo Inc, from Sept 2000 to present both at the Bangalore and Sunnyvale operations.

I worked as a Network Support Engineer at Exocore Consulting, from 1999 to Sept 2000.

I ran my own consulting firm Innovate Systems from 1997 to 1999.

I have also been writing professionally during the last five years for two national magazines, Chip and PCQuest

Education

I completed my graduation in 2000.

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and Engineering.
From the University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore in 2000.
I was awarded the degree in First class with distinction(honours).
My aggregate percentage across 4 years is 78.11% (equivalent of a 3.7/4.0 CGPA)

Standard XII - the Indian School Certificate Examination (ISC)
From the Frank Anthony Public School, Bangalore, in 1996. I passed out with an aggregate percentage of 88% (PCM 93.4%)

Standard X - The Indian Certificate School Examination (ICSE)
From the Frank Anthony Public School, Bangalore, in 1994. I passed out with an aggregate percentage of 92%.

Professional Skills

My skills are my primary asset.

General Skills.
I am fairly outgoing and tend to grasp and convey ideas and concepts quickly and efficiently.
I have the ability to manage people and teams and lead a group effort to success.
I have good written and oral communication skills.

Honors and Citations

NLSIU Test
I was placed 10th Nation wide in the NLSUI's (http://www.nls.ac.in/) test of legal ability, English and thinking.

CSIR Certificate
I received a certificate from CSIR (http://www.cmmacs.ernet.in/csir/ ) for my performance in science subjects during my Standard XII exams.

Engineering Entrance Tests
My rank in the Common Entrance Test in Karnataka was 294. I was ranked 260 in the Kerala Entrance Test.

Jawaharal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research
I was amongst only 10 students chosen in the field of Computer Science to be offered a Summer Research Fellowship (http://www.jncasr.ac.in/summer_research.html ) by JNCASR (http://www.jncasr.ac.in/). This is a program in association with the Department of Science and Technology (http://www.mst.nic.in/) and the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation. This fellowship took me to the Learning Systems Lab (http://athithi.ee.iisc.ernet.in), Dept of Electrical Engineering (http://minchu.ee.iisc.ernet.in/), Indian Institute of Science (http://www.iisc.ernet.in/), Bangalore.

Projects

Some of the projects that I've worked is available online ( http://www.kurups.org/papers/index.html )

Papers

A complete list of my papers is available online (http://www.kurups.com/papers/index.html).

Miscellaneous

PPR
PPR stands for Placement Process Re-engineering. This was a one year program in which Mr. Vijayan taught me ISO Standard C++ and Object Oriented design as well. I was selected as a mentor for the next batch of students and I was involved as an instructor and lab in charge as well.

College Activities
I was the editor for the college magazine. I was the co-ordinator and organizer for this festival for two years as well as organizing events for the festival.